Title 38 — Veterans' BenefitsRelease 119-73not60
§7265 Contempt Authority; Assistance to the Court
Title 38 › Part V— BOARDS, ADMINISTRATIONS, AND SERVICES › Chapter 72— UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS › Subchapter II— PROCEDURE › § 7265
Summary
The court can punish people with fines or jail for contempt: misbehavior in or near court that blocks justice, misconduct by court officers while doing their jobs, or refusing or resisting court orders. The court may get federal help, and the U.S. marshal must attend if asked by the chief judge.
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Title 38, §7265
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(a)The Court shall have power to punish by fine or imprisonment such contempt of its authority as—
(1)misbehavior of any person in its presence or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice;
(2)misbehavior of any of its officers in their official transactions; or
(3)disobedience or resistance to its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command.
(b)The Court shall have such assistance in the carrying out of its lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree, or command as is available to a court of the United States. The United States marshal for a district in which the Court is sitting shall, if requested by the chief judge of the Court, attend any session of the Court in that district.
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38 U.S.C. § 7265
Title 38 — Veterans' Benefits
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60